Being Baha'i In Iran: Where Friendship is Illegal
Imagine a country where it is not only illegal for some human beings to be friends with each other because of their religions, but where even their cows were once banned from grazing together in the same field.
In recent months, in Rafsanjan, Iran, a wave of arson attacks was unleashed against Iranian Baha'is for making "friends" with Muslims. After more than a dozen Baha'i-owned shops were burned, a warning letter arrived at Baha'i homes and businesses demanding that the Baha'is "refrain from forming contacts or friendships with Muslims." This follows arson attacks last year against Baha'i homes in Ivel, Iran -- the same village where a decree was once passed forbidding Baha'i- and Muslim-owned cows from grazing together.
In recent months, in Rafsanjan, Iran, a wave of arson attacks was unleashed against Iranian Baha'is for making "friends" with Muslims. After more than a dozen Baha'i-owned shops were burned, a warning letter arrived at Baha'i homes and businesses demanding that the Baha'is "refrain from forming contacts or friendships with Muslims." This follows arson attacks last year against Baha'i homes in Ivel, Iran -- the same village where a decree was once passed forbidding Baha'i- and Muslim-owned cows from grazing together.
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